Australia
Australia to require negative COVID tests for travellers from China
SYDNEY, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Australia said on Sunday that travellers from China will have to provide negative COVID-19 test results from…
Sydney welcoming new year with huge firework display
Sydney is welcoming in the new year (at 1pm UK time) with more fireworks after an earlier display "inspired by the land,…
Australia to ring in 2023 with no COVID restrictions
SYDNEY, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Australia is gearing up to celebrate its first restriction-free New Year's Eve after two years of COVID…
Australia’s tourism body wants to lift working holiday visa age limit to 50
Australia’s peak tourism body wants the working holiday visa age cut-off to be lifted to provide a wider range of skilled workers…
‘Asia’s El Chapo’ extradited to Australia to face drug trafficking charges
WELLINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Thursday it had taken the head of a global drug trafficking…
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund buys gold, commodities as shadow of 1970s looms
Australia's A$200 billion ($134.28 billion) sovereign wealth fund is increasing exposure to gold, commodities, private equity and infrastructure as it warns the…
Australia opens up first zone for offshore wind farms
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Australia on Monday opened up its first zone for developing offshore wind farms in…
Australia foreign minister to visit China as diplomatic ties improve
By Kirsty Needham and Renju Jose SYDNEY, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong will visit China this week, Prime…
Australia employment blows past forecasts with surge of 64,000 in November
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Australia employment jumped past all expectations in November while the jobless rate stayed at…
Australia mourns police officers, civilian killed in gunfight
SYDNEY, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday mourned two police officers and a civilian who were killed in a gunfight in…
Australia to cap prices of coal, gas to drive down energy bills
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Australia will cap coal and gas prices for a year in a bid to…
Magic Messi fires Argentina into World Cup quarters
AL RAYYAN, Qatar (Reuters) -Lionel Messi scored his first goal in a World Cup knockout round in his 1,000th match to beat…